X is suing California over social media content moderation law::X, the social media company previously known as Twitter, is suing the state of California over a law that requires companies to disclose details about their content moderation practices.
Did you expect any better of an argument from the type of politician who thinks they’re entitled to this kind of intrusive bullshit?
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Agreed. That said, this argument is never the one to use.
What do you mean?
Edit: Oh, you mean “if you have nothing to hide you won’t mind us spying” one? I couldn’t agree more if I tried!
How so is it not intrusive for the government to demand private shit it has no business asking for?
It’s not “private shit it has no business asking for”, it’s proof that social media platforms are upholding the special duties that come with the special privileges being the “public square” of the internet.
There is no duty to censor the public square
Yes there is, you can go to Speakers Corner, a literal public square, and talk about all kinds of nonsense, but if you bust out the Nazi regalia you’ll be shut down quick sharp by the old bill.
Yeah there is. It’s called public safety. The January 6th attempted coup was (poorly, but still) planned on Twitter, Facebook and Parler. If those three had been better moderated when it comes to hate speech and misinformation, the 9 people who died as a result of it would probably be alive today.
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The government has made it their business via passing the law. So… ya know…
The government can’t just declare itself just and act with unlimited reach
Is that what they did or did they just create a narrowly defined law for a specific purpose?
It doesn’t matter how narrow a law is if the government has no fucking place making that law